...pretty good! I think so. I guess it's pretty good? It's not bad. Not at all. Quite alright. Might be even nice. Who can tell?

The recording is indeed surprisingly rough for an album of this magnitude, and I expected it to be a lot more professional. I guess this is why it can be said to sound like a demo - not a huge wall of sound or anything, everything is more, shall we say.. subdued? This means more clarity I guess. Tinkly keyboards and hazy riffs are unmistakably Summoning. Drums are as well, even if they're not as prominent or heavy as before. The vocal rasp is splendid!

I hope I'll get my hands on the CD release soon, this was more or less an mp3 preview._________________§:-Ğl

Quite ok, but this really sounds gay compared to many pagan/folk metal this forum would otherwise shit talk...

Like which bands?

Seriously, I think the trailer sounds great so if it's "gay" compared to others I want to hear them

I don't know, for example I've seen on this forum Moonsorrow mentioned in the same breath as Korpiklaani and other homosexual drinking bands - but a release like Verisakeet makes you fall to your knees more than Summoning. Even if you look at a band like Arkona, the russian folk metal one, probably the cheesiest of the folk bands I like, for me they manage to sound more serious and less cheesy than what I'm hearing in these samples.

found a full leak of the album. Yeah, it certainly is pretty, pretty good. More like Dol Guldur/Nightshade Forests than Oath Bound. Less Martial, more Metal._________________"14 words: we must secure the depravation of the children and ruin the whole fucking world..."

I saw that download of the whole album floating around as well, decided to just wait for the actual lp to show up. I did however check out the song on the youtube link above and it definitely seems to be an excellent return to their classic mid-period sound, pretty pumped to get this now.